How fallout is DEFCOM? : Fallout Series Discussion

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:37 am

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/

Have you played it?

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:09 pm

Not at all...

what does this have to do with Fallout? its just a nuclear war rts.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:59 pm

How about a nice game of Chess?

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:31 pm

I've played it. I think its more of messing around with the nukes than Fallout. Recreating October 23, 2077? Not likely.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:05 pm

How about a nice game of Chess?

Rookie to B5!
...Who left this Pawn in the way

» Fri May 04, 2012 1:37 am

Rookie to B5!
...Who left this Pawn in the way

Are rooks really called rookies in other places?

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:39 pm

Are rooks really called rookies in other places?

Never even heard Rook before :tongue:

I've always called it Tower. Maybe that's because I'm swedish, don't really hear these "special" terms often... and it's in the shape of a tower

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:57 pm

Never even heard Rook before :tongue:

I've always called it Tower. Maybe that's because I'm swedish, don't really hear these "special" terms often... and it's in the shape of a tower

I call them towers too, I call knights horses, I call pawns palaces, and I call bishops "hunters" my dad always called them hunters.

I'm a Russian, I guess it's just us Europeans who don't have fancy names for them.

» Thu May 03, 2012 4:05 pm

I call them towers too, I call knights horses, I call pawns palaces, and I call bishops "hunters" my dad always called them hunters.

I'm a Russian, I guess it's just us Europeans who don't have fancy names for them.

I call pawns meat shields and that's the only difference from the 'official' names.

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:36 pm

I call them towers too, I call knights horses, I call pawns palaces, and I call bishops "hunters" my dad always called them hunters.

I'm a Russian, I guess it's just us Europeans who don't have fancy names for them.

I call pawns meat shields and that's the only difference from the 'official' names.

In swedish, "pawn" is "bonde" (="peasant"), "bishop" is "l?pare" (=courier/runner/scout) and "knight" is "springare" (=steed). This talk about chess really makes me want to play it, but I don't know anyone who doesn't think it svcks

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:15 pm

Look how off topic this rather pointless thread went.

We just started talking about chess! I enjoy chess but only my grampa will play against me.

Nobody else in my family ever faces us because none of them are any good at it. I'm alright but my grampa's ridiculous, even at eighty he's sharp enough to not lose at it.

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:56 pm

I'm a Russian, I guess it's just us Europeans who don't have fancy names for them.

That's odd because Chess came from Europe.

» Fri May 04, 2012 12:19 am

Look how off topic this rather pointless thread went.

We just started talking about chess! I enjoy chess but only my grampa will play against me.

Nobody else in my family ever faces us because none of them are any good at it. I'm alright but my grampa's ridiculous, even at eighty he's sharp enough to not lose at it.

The only time I play chess is with my dad, but he lives in another state sooo...

» Fri May 04, 2012 12:02 am

That's odd because Chess came from Europe.

Are you 100% on that?
What i remember is that is from India, but for a long time ago

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:19 am

Are you 100% on that?
What i remember is that is from India, but for a long time ago

The rules that we now know for chess came from Europe. Before that there wasn't any real rules, from what I remember it was like a cross between chinese checkers and chess.

» Thu May 03, 2012 4:55 pm

That's odd because Chess came from Europe.

According to some fictional book I read chess came before humanity... But it also blames most times someone goes crazy and kills a bunch of people on demons so I am inclined to believe that is not a fact.

Are you 100% on that?
What i remember is that is from India, but for a long time ago

The rules that we now know for chess came from Europe. Before that there wasn't any real rules, from what I remember it was like a cross between chinese checkers and chess.

Well I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure European explorers (I believe they were British) went to India, learned their checker-like game, rethought it, and made chess.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:39 pm

The history of chess spans some 1500 years. The earliest predecessors of the game originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:41 pm

In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.

That is what I mean by Europeans inventing Chess. They set the rules to what we know now call chess. If we went back 1500 years to India, we would be like "what the hell are they playing?"

Its like saying American Football dates back to when soccer was invented. Two very different sports. So the game people played 1500 years ago is very different from what we now call chess. Chess evolved from that game, doen't make it the same game though. So IMO they are different games, and Europeans invented it.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:57 pm

Wow this is off topic

Anyways it depends on what you mean by "chess" cuz it like half chess in India almost chess in mid east and 100... No my number three key broken NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!...it was 100 percent in europe